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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the fields were ______________, they built a dike and tried planting the cane again.
(a) Polluted by chemicals.
(b) Flooded by the rains.
(c) Destroyed by hail.
(d) Burned in a forest fire.

2. The crime in the Everglades increased due to what?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Hijacking.
(c) Severe poverty.
(d) The goods being transported through the Everglades.

3. In ______________, Governor William S. Jennings invalidated the swamp land grants to the railroads.
(a) 1913.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1923.

4. Boats frequently left ____________ for Florida and the Indians would wait for them.
(a) St. George's.
(b) Oranjestad.
(c) Nassau.
(d) Havana.

5. Why did many of the Indians die?
(a) As a result of malnourishment.
(b) As a result of war.
(c) As a result of the diseases of the white man.
(d) As a result of stress and fear caused by the white man.

Short Answer Questions

1. He set out with a fleet of ___________ ships and took possession of the territory.

2. The surveyors entered ___________________ in the Everglades which violated the treaty with the Indians.

3. What was an important industry for the cities?

4. Port ________________ became a good, increasingly important port.

5. A base was established near them in 1838 and Dr. Henry Perrine received a __________________ thousand acre grant to develop tropical plants.

(see the answer key)

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